All Social articles
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White papersEngagement case study: Netflix
After engaging Netflix on environmental and social issues since 2018, we have seen improvement in performance and ambition from the company.
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White papersSustainability: Interconnected challenges and what we’re doing about them
Some of the world’s biggest challenges are inextricably intertwined. Here, we look at potential solutions across four interconnected areas: halting climate change, improving efficiency, embracing a circular economy, and promoting greater social inclusion.
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White papersDefenders of a threatened world
Indigenous Peoples are disproportionately impacted by the economic, environmental, and social impacts of industrial projects. Nick Pelosi and Ellie Higgins explain how we engage with companies on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and community impact.
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Asset Manager NewsLendlease and Ivanhoé Cambridge Top Out FORUM Life Science Development in Boston
$545 million project is one of the first purpose-built life science developments in Boston Landing
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White papersWhy living wages should be considered a driver of human capital value, not a cost
“Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection.” Article 23 of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
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White papersESG Thema #13 - Time for action: Unlocking climate finance in Africa
This paper is co-written with the African Development Bank.
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White papersThe whys and hows of impact investing
Impact strategies are becoming more commonplace as investors push for greater change through their investments. With many institutional investors, consultants and wealth managers looking to meet client demands for impact investing, we explore what it is and what it brings to a diversified portfolio.
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White papersIs emerging market private equity the most effective way to invest for impact?
Kicking off a debate over how best to make meaningful change through investment, we explore private equity’s unmatched ability to deliver capital to the places it’s needed most.
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PodcastThe Changing Sentiment Around Wealth
In the last decade, we’ve seen many shifts. One in particular that predates the market volatility of today is something known as the Great Wealth Transfer.
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White papersThe Bridge to the Future
This year’s recommendation for vacation reading is the epic story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, resonant with dilemmas we still recognize today.
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White papersThe role of public-private partnerships in infrastructure
The need for infrastructure spending in the United States has been well documented and observable for some time.
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VideoPerspective on the European living sector
Adam Alari, Head of Living Research & Strategy at Savills Investment Management, says strong fundamentals underpin a bright outlook for the Living sector, as demographic changes and squeezed affordability in the owner/occupier sector means more people are renting for longer.
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White papersSustainability signals: an analysis of labelling schemes for socially responsible investments
Several labels for sustainable investment funds sponsored by government and nonprofit organizations (GNPOs) have emerged in Europe. This paper examines the coherence of the signals sent by these sustainable labels versus those from the private sector.
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White papersGreen vs. Social Bond Premium
While responsible investors consider that the environmental and social pillars are highly interconnected when implementing ESG and climate strategies, our research shows that the green and social bond markets are not integrated.
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White papersWhy social infrastructure now?
Investors ready to take advantage of the perpetual benefits and new catalysts for social infrastructure can be rewarded financially, while creating much-needed social and environmental impact
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White papersInfrastructure Outlook 2023: Uncertainty, transition and social factors
The Infrastructure Outlook Report 2023 highlights the opportunities for investors arising from the renewed attention on energy security and the energy transition, as well as the increasing importance of social factors in investment decision-making, such as inclusion and diversity and worker safety.
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White papersUnlocking the Investment Potential of “S” in ESG
Social issues are perhaps the most difficult to research and least understood by investors with an environmental, social and governance (ESG) focus. But the risks and opportunities they represent are growing, and investors need a way to step up to the challenge.
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White papersClimate change and social inequality: how does climate change impact on inequality?
The research study stressed that considering social inequalities and properly accounting for the distribution of consumption and damage within regions in climate modelling is of paramount importance. Without doubt, there is a trade-off between social and environmental objectives.
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White papersA rocky net zero pathway
In 2022, the war in Ukraine impacted the energy supply outlook and also had implications for the net zero path. Security, affordability (in volume and prices) and sustainability of the energy supply were challenged, driving the need to diversify the energy supply mix.
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White papersCT UK Social Bond Fund – The Big Issue Group
Building a world that works for everyone – Big Issue Group creates innovative solutions through enterprise to unlock social and economic opportunities. A percentage of the Fund’s earnings goes towards supporting Big Issue Group in its mission.
